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Parkersburg Art Center announces summer programs

PARKERSBURG - The Parkersburg Art Center will offer summer classes and workshops for adults and teens in painting, printmaking, pottery, drawing and mixed media in the studio and outdoors. Early registration is recommended as some classes, which are beginner-friendly, begin the week of June ...

Veterans honored with brick placements at Armory in Marietta

MARIETTA - Three generations of the Pickrell family left their marks Saturday on the Veterans Square Memorial at the Armory on Front Street. Ryan Pickrell, recently discharged from the U.S. Army, his father Eric, a Navy veteran, and grandfather Russell, also an Army veteran, were among 33 ...

New wetland trail dedicated at Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge

WILLIAMSTOWN – The opening of a new wetland trail was celebrated Saturday at the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge with volunteers and a family whose donation in memory of a loved one helped make it possible. Although federal rules prevent the trail from being named after him, ...

Flood watch issued for Mid-Ohio Valley

PARKERSBURG - A flood watch issued Sunday afternoon for the region by the National Weather Service in Charleston will remain in effect until 2 a.m. Monday, Memorial Day. Counties included are Athens, Washington and Meigs in Ohio and Jackson, Wood, Pleasants, Tyler, Lincoln, Roane, Wirt, ...

US DOT chooses Contour to continue Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport Service

PARKERSBURG – Contour Airlines has been chosen to provide federally subsidized flights to and from the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport for the next four years. In an order dated May 15, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced the selection, more than eight months after Air ...